Accounts Assistant

RoleOverview

WOLOTravel is looking for a reliable and detail-oriented Accounts Assistant to support the day-to-day transactional financefunction.

Therole focuses on accurate processing, reconciliations and financeadministration, helping ensure that supplier, customer and bank records remainclean, current and ready for month-end reporting.

Thisis an early-career accounting role suited to a university graduate who hasalready gained practical finance experience, enjoys working with numbers andwants to build broader accounting capability in a fast-moving business.

•  Capture supplier invoices and maintainaccurate supplier account records.

•  Reconcile supplier statements and preparesupporting information for payment runs.

•  Allocate customer payments, assist withcustomer account administration and follow up payment discrepancies.

•  Escalate unresolved supplier or customerissues to the Financial Accountant.

Bank& Payment Reconciliations

•  Perform bank, credit card and payment gatewayreconciliations.

•  Match receipts and payments to the correcttransactions and accounts.

•  Investigate straightforward differences andkeep unreconciled items to a minimum.

Travel& Booking Finance

•  Assist with matching customer payments,supplier invoices and payments to travel bookings.

•  Support reconciliation of deposits,prepayments, refunds, cancellations and credits.

•  Help identify discrepancies between bookingsystems, accounting records and payment platforms.

FinanceAdministration & Month-End Support

•  Process employee expense claims and ensuresupporting documents and approvals are complete.

•  Maintain organised electronic finance recordsand follow up missing invoices, receipts or information.

•  Prepare selected month-end schedules andreconciliations for review by the Financial Accountant.

•  Assist with audit, VAT, payroll and year-endsupporting documentation when required.

Systems& Process Support

•  Use Xero and other finance or operationalsystems accurately and consistently.

•  Follow agreed finance procedures andcontrols.

•  Raise recurring transactional issues orprocess improvements with the Financial Accountant.

Requirements

Experience & Qualifications

•  Completed university degree in Accounting,Finance, Management Accounting or a related field.

•  At least 1 year of full-time post-universityexperience in an accounting or finance role.

•  Practical exposure to accounts payable,accounts receivable and reconciliations.

•  Experience using accounting software such asXero, Sage or similar.

•  Good Microsoft Excel skills.

•  Exposure to month-end accounting isadvantageous.

•  Studying towards CIMA, SAIPA, SAICA oranother recognised professional accounting qualification is advantageous.

•  Experience in a high-volume transactionalbusiness is advantageous.

Key Attributes

•  Accurate and detail-oriented.

•  Reliable, organised and comfortable withrecurring deadlines.

•  Curious and willing to investigatediscrepancies.

•  Confident with systems and willing to learn.

•  Able to ask questions and escalate issuesappropriately.

•  Proactive, trustworthy and solutions-focused.

What Success Looks Like

Successin this role would mean:

•  Supplier invoices and customer payments areprocessed accurately and promptly.

•  Bank, card and supplier reconciliationsremain current.

•  Supporting documents are complete andorganised.

•  Transactional work is ready for month-endwithout significant backlog.

•  Finance queries and discrepancies arefollowed up and escalated appropriately.

Benefits

& other information

• WOLO Travel offers a structured hybrid work from home, work from office environment
  
• Home base is in the Cape Town CBD and applicant must provide own transport
  
• Every employee receives a Guaranteed 10 WOLO Weekends (Long Weekends) a year
  
• WOLO Travel is a lifestyle brand with a commitment to "Working to live, not living to work!"